Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In 1979 I thought I would get my wife a nice car, and bought her a Jag XJ6. It was one of those purchases where you have two happy days. Or, as a friend said, English cars are superb, on occasion. As it turns out, my friend tells me it was one of the last off the line with Lucas electrical. That is when I began hearing about "Lucas, the prince of darkness" and so forth. Friends wanted to race me, but the course was to the grocery store and back five time in a row... Ken www.kencarney.com > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- > bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 8:39 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG AstonMartin > > John, > > No, no! The Jaguars and the AH-Martins as well as Bentleys had the awful > Lucas systems. Lucas was an Equal-Opportunity > purveyor of garbage. They sold crap to Austin as well as Rolls Royce. > > Some say that Labour Unions were the cause of the downfall of the UK > automobile industry. Not so! It was Lucas. > > Jerry